Director, Procurement and Supply Chain

A LBERT J. DESC ISC IO

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SUM MARY

Successful procurement professional with over 14 years of purchasing and supply chain experience, with unique skills

i n all relevant facets of purchasing and supply chain areas. Delivered $80M is cost savings over the past 5 years,

i ncreased inventory turns by 10 days and increased cash f low by creating and implementing world-class procurement

p rograms and procedures. Oversaw $1.3B in direct, indirect and capital spend within a global decentralized business

w ith over 200+ locations. Multi industry experience between oil & natural gas, water management,

telecommunications and manufacturing. Offering a proven track record of success, which has been built on meeting or

exceeding goals and servicing the requirements of the customer.

KEY BUS I N ESS SK I L LS

P rocurement Expertise – 14 years’ experience in developing and implementing commodity & procurement

strategies.

Spend M anagement - managed over $1.3B in direct and indirect materials spend.

Cost Reduction P rograms – successfully developed and implemented cost reduction programs that

delivered $80M in savings over the past 5 years.

P roject P rocurement M anagement – developed procurement procedures to support Project Management.

Commodity M anagement – managed and developed commodity strategies for critical commodities to the

business.

Supplier M anagement – supplier qualification & selection process, evaluations, and relationship building.

Contract Management – strong negotiation skills with supplier and outsourcing contracts.

Asset Management – i nventory reduction, capital expenditures negotiations, inventory turns and payment

terms.

People M anagement – responsible for managing, coaching and mentoring 14 direct reports.

Customer Assurance – excellent communication skills in meeting with customers, listening and assessing

requested desires and assisting in satisfying needs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPER I E NCE

Tervita, L LC, Houston, TX J une

2012 to June 2013

Di rector, Corporate Supply Chain Management & P rocurement US Operations

Established and developed a formalized world-class procurement and supply chain organization for US operations.

T his included strategic and operational procurement, establishing proper business processes and policies, strategic

sourcing program, and managing capital and operational expenditures.

Developed and managed relationships between the SCM organization and the Divisions, Business and

Corporate.

Developed and implemented formalized procurement policy and processes ensuring SOX compliance.

Certified compliance to all corporate policies, processes and programs.

Implemented an enterprise resource planning system (ERP).

Developed and implemented an annual cost reduction program to drive savings.

Managed capital expenditures (CAPEX), direct and indirect material.

Developed supply chain management department and strategic commodities strategies.

Siemens Corporation Jun 2003 – June 2012

Di rector, Corporate Supply Chain Management – I ndi rect Ma terials

Boca Raton, F L (Feb 2010 to June 2012)

Managed $900M in spend and a team of 14 commodity managers. Administered supplier management, contract

negotiations, development & implementation of material commodity strategies, annual cost reduction programs, and

payment terms.

Managed relationship between the Supply Chain organization, internal stakeholders and the executive

suite.

Developed and implemented a regional procurement model that would support the business

accordingly. Responsibilities for this group include: participation in commodity teams, implementation of

commodity strategies, process improvements, and involvement in large projects and reporting of actual

savings.

Developed and implemented annual cost reduction programs to drive $70M in savings and a 10-day

i ncrease in payment terms.

Managed suppliers, i ncluding strategic commodity contract negotiations, supplier evaluations, audits

and development, guaranteeing business requirements are achieved and securing quality products and a

source of supply.

S iemens Water Technologies

Di rector, Corporate Sourcing – Services

Boca Raton, F L (Ma r 2006 to Feb 2010)

Managed $550M in direct, indirect and capital spend, and a team of 19 procurement professionals. Administered

supplier selection, price negotiations, development & implementation of material commodity strategies, annual cost

reduction programs, inventory management, payment terms and the coaching and mentoring of employees.

Drove substantial savings and improvements for a large decentralized procurement organization by

challenging the status quo, including establishing commodity teams, involvement in large projects,

purchase order savings and improving processes.

Developed and implemented annual cost reduction programs to drive $7M in savings and a 10-day increase

i n payment terms.

Consolidated purchasing spend from 30+ locations to leverage and negotiate best in class pricing.

Negotiated annual supply agreements for strategic commodities

Developed and implement material commodity strategies for Resin, Membranes, Carbon and Bulk

Chemicals.

Implemented a consignment program with key suppliers resulting in a $1M in inventory reduction.

Siemens Communications, Boca Raton, F L

M anager, P roject P rocurement

Boca Raton, F L (Jun 2003 – M a r 2006)

Managed a team of 2 project procurement managers. Provided procurement support for large projects, negotiating

p ricing in line or better then project budgets, supplier selection, inventory management, payment terms and coaching

and mentoring of staff.

Developed and implemented annual cost reduction programs resulting in $3M in savings.

Negotiated contracts with supply base, reducing costs and improving terms and conditions.

Established purchasing strategies in line with business requirements decreased total material costs and

t ime to market.

Identified potential suppliers, product cost models, development costs and supporting rationale for

purchasing strategy.

Flextronics I nte rnational, Global P rocurement, Cary, NC Jun 2001 – Jun

2003

Strategic Supply Chain Manager:

Delivered direct customer quotation requirements, keeping all bills of material competitive, supporting the defined

supply chain strategy and minimizing Flextronics inventory exposure. Measured and reported project status

i nternally and to end customers.

Served as primary materials contact with customer

Executed site level contract pricing, terms and conditions, and inventory.

Conducted quarterly price reviews with customer and constructed costed bills of material, standard and ad

hoc reports

Yielded 6% reduction in product costs by aligning Flextronics commodity strategies with customers.

Accomplished $9M savings by creating resolution with customer, tracking PPV and material financial

performance.

A DD I T I O NAL RE LATE D EXPER I E NCE

Solectron Corporation, Global Materials, Raleigh, NC Jun 2000 – Jun 2001

Customer Supply Chain Manager

Nortel Networks, Raleigh, NC Oct 1996 – Jun 2000

Sr. Commodity Manager - Supply M anagement

E D UCAT IO N AND PROFESSIONAL DEV E LOP M E N T

BS, Management ; minor in Economics and Information Systems. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.

T EC H I NCAL SUM MARY

Application Softwa re MS-Office, Advanced Excel, MS Access, MS Project, SharePoint, VISIO, Front Page,

Adobe Professional.

Databases / ERP: Supply Management / Materials Planning, SAP, Access, ORACLE (PS), Baan.

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